John Cottam
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| Full name | John Thomas Cottam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 1867 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 January 1897 (aged 29) Coolgardie, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 49) | 25 February 1887 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Thomas Cottam (5 September 1867 in Sydney, New South Wales – 30 January 1897 in Western Australia) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1887.
Jack Cottam had played in only one first-class match – for New South Wales against the touring English cricket team, when he scored 29 and 14 not out[1] – before making his Test debut a few days later in the Second Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Cottam made just four runs as Australia lost by 71 runs.[2] Cottam's five other first-class matches came on New South Wales' tour of New Zealand in 1889-90, when he made three fifties including his highest score of 62, the only fifty in the match, when New South Wales beat Wellington.[3][4]
Cottam went to the goldfields at Coolgardie, Western Australia, near Kalgoorlie, where he died of typhoid fever, aged 29, in 1897.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "New South Wales v A Shaw's XI 1886-87". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "2nd Test, England tour of Australia at Sydney, Feb 25 - Mar 1 1887". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "New South Wales in New Zealand, 1889/90". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Wellington v New South Wales 1889-90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Cricket Chatter". The Arrow: 2. 20 February 1897.
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